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A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
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Education then, and Custom, do as it were revenge Nature; insomuch, that though the outward Humours and Complexions do work the Mind unto an unhappy temper, yet by a continual grappling with these difficulties, it getteth at the last some victory, though not without much reluctancy.
Education then, and Custome, doe as it were revenge Nature; insomuch, that though the outward Humours and Complexions doe worke the Mind unto an unhappie temper, yet by a continuall grapling with these difficulties, it getteth at the last some victorie, though not without much reluctancie.
And for Occasion; that alters the natural inclination of the Will and Affections, rather than of the Understanding: for so we see, that the bias and force of mens desires are oftentimes turned, by reason of some sudden emergent occurrences, contrary to the standing temper and complexion of the Body. Thus we read some times of men in War; who notwithstanding of themselves timorous and sluggish, yet when the disadvantage of the place had taken away all possibility of flight, and the cruelty of the Adversary all hope of mercy, if they should be conquered, have strangely gained by their own despairs, and gotten great and prosperous Victories, by a forced and unnatural fortitude.
And for Occasion; that alters the naturall inclination of the Will and Affections, rather than of the Vnderstanding: for so wee see, that the byas and force of mens desires are oftentimes turned, by reason of some sudden emergent occurrences, contrarie to the standing temper and complexion of the Body. Thus wee reade some times of men in Warre; who notwithstanding of themselves timerous and sluggish, yet when the disadvantage of the place had taken away all possibilitie of flight, and the crueltie of the Adversarie all hope of mercie, if they should be conquered, have strangely gayned by their owne despaires, and gotten great and prosperous Victories, by a forc'd and unnaturall fortitude.